Name:

Example Processes
Compound noun – ‘hang’ + ‘man’.
hangman

Internal modification - consonant modification (noun – verb = ‘bath

– bathe’)
bathe

Non-concatenative process – back formation - verb formed back –

formed from ‘editor’ – to edit.
edit (v)

Word manufacturing - clipping – fore-clipping (‘phone’ fore-

clipped from ‘telephone’).
phone

Acronimization - syllable-words – Ben – e – Lux)

Benelux

Word manufacturing - blending – ‘Slanguage’ – ‘Slang’ +

‘Language’.
slanguage

Concatenative Process - Affixation (prefix ‘mis’ to verb ‘print’ to

misprint form verb ‘misprint’).

Compounding – ‘noun + verb’ = verb.

globe-trot (v)

Compounding/ Coinage - ‘ping’ – noun + ‘pong’ – noun.

Onomatopoeic.
ping-pong

Non-concatenative process - back formation – ‘enthuse’ + ‘iasm’ =

‘enthusiasm’
enthuse (v)

Internal modification - Vowel modification - singular/plural –

‘man’(singular) – ‘men’ (plural)
men
motel

fridge

insult

window-shop (v)

sunshine

fidelity

tip-top

memo

Washington DC

walkman

NASA

drapacz chmur

hi-fi

aspiryna

Wawa
sugarholic

radar

watt

Eurasia

Charlie

fridge

laser

*teached

salmonburger

zzzzzzzzz

Wrocek